Agenda

Thursday October 13

Breakfast (0745 – 0815)

Welcome and Meeting Overview (0815)

North West Atlantic (0830 – 0950) Chair: Joseph Kuehl

  • A High-resolution Ocean Reanalysis of the Northwest Atlantic in Support of Climate Change Studies and the Blue Economy (Ruoying He, North Carolina State University)

  • Investigating the variability of mesoscale eddies in the Northwest Atlantic 1993-2020 (Elena Perez, MIT-WHOI Joint Program)

  • East Coast Ocean Acidification (ECOA) cruises and anthropogenic carbon accumulation in the U.S. East Coast (Xinyu Li, University of Delaware)

  • Local and remote forcing of sea-level and circulation variability on the Northwest Atlantic shelves (Jiayan Yang, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Marine Extreme Temperature Events and Their Biological Impacts on the United States East Coast (Tianning Wu, North Carolina State University)

Coffee Break (0950 – 1010)


MAB & Shelf Dynamics I (1010 – 1130) Chair: Tobias Kukulka

  • Synchronization of cyclonic eddies and wind initializes a subsurface heatwave in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (Ke Chen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Assessing the role of ocean currents on prey concentration from hourly to seasonal scales using Lagrangian coherent structures (Jacquelyn Veatch, Rutgers University)

  • Observations of subsurface Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rates in the New England Shelf (Alejandro Cifuentes-Lorenzen, University of Connecticut)

  • Wind Fetch and Direction Effects on Langmuir Turbulence in a Coastal Ocean (Xingchi Wang, University of Delaware)

  • Direct measurements of wave-coherent pressure work in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (Seth Zippel, WHOI)

Lunch & Poster Session (1130 – 1330)

  • Spatial Variability of Movement, Structure, and Formation of Warm Core Rings in the Northwest Atlantic Slope Sea (Adrienne Silver, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)

  • Looking for Internal Wave Signals in the OOI Coastal Pioneer Array (Lang Ming, Stony Brook University)

  • The Physical Conditions of the Maryland Coastal Bays (MCBs) and its Impact on the Recruitment of Blue Crab Larvae (Meng Xia, University of Maryland Eastern Shore)

  • Modeling of Wave Damping by an Array of Reef Balls in the Intertidal Zone (Chang Liu, University of Connecticut)

  • Regional Research Funding Opportunity to Advance the Responsible Development of Offshore Wind (Michelle Fogarty, Equinor)

  • Quantifying Terms of the TKE Budget Equation in the Wave Boundary Layer over Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (Oaklin Keefe, MIT-WHOI)

  • Vertical structure of velocity in a shallow, tidal salt marsh creek from pulse-coherent measurements (Molly M. Jams, University of Connecticut)

  • Characterizing Coastal Flooding in the Delaware Bay Region using Neural Networks and Sentinel-1 Imagery (Deanna Edwing, University of Delaware)

  • Impact of Marine Heatwaves on Air-Sea CO2 Flux in the Northwest Atlantic Continental Margins (Kelsea Edwing, University of Delaware)

MAB & Shelf Dynamics II (1330 – 1440) Chair: Magdalena Andres

  • Relocation of the OOI Pioneer Array (Albert Plueddemann, WHOI)

  • What makes high-wind events impactful? Categorizing high-wind patterns to assess their contribution to the rapid fall stratification breakdown south of New England (Lukas Lobert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Evaluating the efficacy of candidate shark species and CTD tag technology for ocean observing applications in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (Caroline Wiernicki, University of Delaware)

  • Experimental/Numerical investigation of shelf flow crossing over a strait (Joseph Kuehl, University of Delaware)

Coffee & Snack Break (1440 – 1500)

Coastal Dynamics, Estuaries & Storm Surges I (1500 – 1620) Chair: Jacqueline McSweeney

  • Surface convergence zones due to Lagrangian residual flow in tidally driven estuaries (Tobias Kukulka, University of Delaware)

  • Effects of baroclinic forcings and bathymetry on surface-trapped drifters in the Delaware Bay (R Alan Mason, University of Delaware)

  • Evidence for Successful Estuarine Hypoxia Mitigation by Nitrogen Discharge Management (James O'Donnell, University of Connecticut)

  • Skill and Spread Assessment of a Super-Ensemble Coastal and Inland Total Water Level Forecast System (Ziyu Chen, Stevens Institute of Technology)

  • Assessment of An Ensemble-Based Forecasting System for Storm Surge Prediction: A case study using Tropical Cyclone Isaias (Mahmoud Ayyad, Stevens Institute of Technology)

Dinner at the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware (1745 – 2045)

Friday October 14

Breakfast (0800 – 0840)

Coastal Dynamics, Estuaries & Storm Surges II (0840 – 0950) Chair: Xinfeng Liang

  • Attribution and dynamics of rising coastal floods from estuary urbanization (Philip Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology)

  • Regional-scale aggregation of Callinectes sapidus and microplastics after flushing from the Delaware Bay (Todd Thoman, University of Delaware)

  • Modeling lobe-and-cleft instabilities on a river plume (Fengyan Shi, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware)

  • Chasing Internal Waves in the NY Bight (Jacqueline McSweeney, Stony Brook University)

Coffee Break (0950 – 1010)

Gulf Stream & Cape Hatteras (1010 – 1145) Chair: Tom Hsu

  • Gulf Stream Regime Shift forces concurrent shift in Salinity Maximum Intrusions (Adrienne Silver, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)

  • Hidden Upwelling Systems Associated with Major Western Boundary Currents (Xinfeng Liang, University of Delaware)

  • Eddy fluxes and shelf-deep ocean exchange near Cape Hatteras (Robert E. Todd, WHOI)

  • Processes driving ocean circulation variability near Cape Hatteras: a high-resolution data assimilative modeling investigation (Shun Mao, NC State University)

  • Ocean Circulation near Cape Hatteras: Observations of Mean and Variability (Harvey Seim, UNC Chapel Hill)

  • What is Going on East of Cape Hatteras? Some Thoughts about the Doorstep to the Relocated Pioneer Array (Magdalena Andres, WHOI)


Meeting Wrap-up (1145 – 1200)

Lunch Box to Go (1200 – 1230)